Wireless LAN Driver (Windows XP)

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XP drivers and utilities installation instructions for the VGN-FZ19.! Important note:• In order to do the XP installation on this unit you would need a USB floppy disk drive and a floppy disk. These are not supplied with the Vaio by default.• For your Vaio we have released only the XP Drivers. There are no plans to release any other applications or utilities (like hotkey applications, power management etc) for XP.

1) Make sure the Wireless switch on the front side of the unit is switched on.

2) Use an empty floppy disk and copy the content of the Sata drivers folder to this floppy

3) Start the unit and boot into the BIOS by pressing F2 several times . Go to the Advanced section by pressing the right arrow and enable the ‘external drive boot’ option by pressing enter and selecting enable. Confirm by pressing enter again, then press F10 to save changes and exit the BIOS setup.

4) Boot the unit with the XP SP2 disc in the drive and press F6 at the beginning of the windows setup to install a raid driver. Insert the floppy in the USB floppy drive and wait until the system asks you to Specify a driver. Press the S button to specify the driver and select the 2nd one from the list. Confirm by pressing enter and enter again to continue the setup.

! Important note:a. In case you still would like to recover using F10 from the hard disk to the original Vista preinstalled operating system, please leave the recovery partition in tact.b. In case you would like to free up some space and remove the recovery partition, please make sure to first create a set of recovery discs using the Recovery wizard in your Vista preinstalled installation.

5) Open the Drivers folder. Then open the Chipset folder to run the setup. When the setup is completed, press finish to restart the PC

6) Audio driver installation :a. After the reboot, open the Drivers folder, then the audio folder, open folder 1 and run the “KB835221 – Audio hotfix” file and follow the install instructions.b. 2 Found new hardware dialogs will pop up. Press cancel on these screensc. Press finish on the KB835221 setup wizard screend. Go back out of folder 1 and open folder 2e. Run the setup file in this folder. Follow the on-screen instructions.f. Reboot when the setup has completed

7) A Found new hardware dialog will appear after the reboot (Modem installation).a. Select No, not this time and press nextb. It will want to install a Modem device. Select “Install from a list of specific location” and press nextc. Select “Search for the best driver in these locations”d. Deselect “Search removable media”e. Select “include this location in the search”. Press on browse and browse to the modem folder in the Drivers folder and press OKf. Click on next to continueg. Press on Finish to complete the installation

8) Graphics installation :

a) Go to Start > Control Panelb) Select Switch to classic viewc) Double click on “System”d) Click on the tab Hardware and press on Device managere) In the List with ? Other devices, right-click on the Video Controller (VGA compatible) and select update driverf) Select “No, Not this time” and press Nextg) Select “Install from a list or specific location” and press Nexth) Deselect “Search removable media”i) Select “include this location in the search”. Press on browse and browse to the Drivers folder. Then browse to the Graphics Intel folderj) Press Next

The screen might flash a couple of times during the installation, this is normal. Wait until the setup is completed and press Finish at the end of the install. Do not click any other screens during the installation! Restart the PC when done.

9) Wireless LAN drivers installation:a. Browse to the folder Drivers and then open the WirelessLAN folderb. Double click the to start the setupc. Select Install Softwared. Select, after licence Agreement, “Typical” and press Nexte. Press Ok when the install is completedf. Press Ok and restart the PC.

Other drivers installations :

Open the Device manager :g. Go to Start > Control Panelh. Double click on “System”i. Click on the Hardware tab and click on “Device Manager”

10) Network controller driver installation:a. Right click on the Ethernet Controller item under Other devices and select Update driverb. Select “No, not this time” and press Nextc. Select “Install from a specific location” and press Nextd. Click on Browse and browse to the Drivers folder and select there the Ethernet folder and press Oke. Click on Nextf. Click on Finish when done

11) Notebook control driver installation :a. Go to Start > Control Panelb. Double click on “System”c. Click on the Hardware tab and click on “Device Manager”d. Click on the + before Human interface devicese. Right click on “Sony Notebook Interface Device” and select Update driverf. Select in the Wizard “No, not this time” and press Nextg. Select “Install from a list or a specific location” and press Nexth. Select “Don’t search, I will choose the driver to install” and press Nexti. Press on “Have Disk…”j. Browse to the folder Drivers and then SonyNC and press Openk. Click on the file SonyNC and press Openl. Click on OKm. Press Finish and reboot the PC when done.

12) Mass Storage controller (Memorystick):a. Right click on the Mass Storage Controller item under Other devices and select Update driverb. Select “No, not this time” and press Nextc. Select “Install from a specific location” and press Nextd. Click on Browse and browse to the Drivers folder and select there the Memory Card ReaderWriter folder and press Oke. Click on Nextf. Click on Finish when done

13) Memory stick Icon installationa. Browse to the folder Drivers and then Memory stick Iconb. Run the setup in the folder

14) Camera driver installation :a. Open the camera folderb. Run the install file from that folderc. Press “Continue Anyway” 2X on the warning screensDuring the installation you might receive an error message, press OK to continue

15) Touchpad driver :a. Go to Start > Control Panelb. Double click on “System”c. Click on the Hardware tab and click on “Device Manager”d. Click on the + before Mice and other pointing devicese. Right click on the PS/2 Compatible mouse item and select Update driverf. Select “No, not this time” and press Nextg. Select “Install from a specific location” and press Nexth. Click on Browse and browse to the Drivers folder and select there the Pointing folder and press Oki. Click on Nextj. Click on Finish when donek. Restart the PC

16) Touchpad registry patch installationa. Browse to the folder Drivers and then Touchpad registry patchb. Run the setup in the folder

17) Sony Image filter:a. Go to the drivers folder, then open the Sony image filter folderb. Run the install file and follow the on-screen instructions.

This completes the XP downgrade setup.Important note:DVD playback is not natively supported in Windows XP, so a separate program is needed in order to playback DVD movies. This software will not be supplied by Sony.